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Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill. I will pick up where Deputy Neville left off and speak about older people, in particular older men, who are being given no option as companies change models. We see it not alone in the midlands but all over the country as companies close and restructure. They are the target for redundancy but they still have so much to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (13 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 210. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the original project budget for a library project (details supplied); the anticipated final budget; the level of engagement by his Department with the relevant local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46819/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport appeal by a person (details supplied). [46500/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to process minor works grant applications; his views on whether school managements need clarity on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46651/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications Data (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of outstanding work permit applications for employers seeking to employ skilled staff in the meat industry; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a shortage of such skills within the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46150/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Data (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists by hospital; the number of occupational therapy vacancies by hospital and permanent vacancies and temporary vacancies, respectively; the number of occupational therapists employed by county in non-hospital settings; the number of occupational therapy vacancies by county in non-hospital settings by permanent vacancies...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on early intervention waiting lists for treatment for less than one year, for between one and two years and for over two years by speciality and county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46407/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Administration (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 445. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 17 April 2019, the status of the over 300 sites that have been identified for early connection under the national broadband plan. [46208/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 511. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of co-funding required for each project under the 2019 town and village renewal scheme; the projected source of co-funding as outlined in the application for project funding; and the projects that were not approved for funding that applied to the 2019 scheme by county in tabular form. [46014/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 512. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects approved under the town and village renewal scheme in 2018 and to date in 2019 by county in tabular form; the number of projects that were not approved by county in each year; the reason for refusal; and if there is an appeal mechanism in place to appeal refusal decisions. [46015/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 514. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 9 April 2019, the status of the over 300 sites that have been identified as the first places to receive a connection under the national broadband plan. [46207/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Data (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 517. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the co-funding required for each project further to the recent announcement of successful project applicants to be funded under the second call for funding under the rural regeneration and development fund by county in tabular form; the projected source of co-funding as outlined in the application for project funding; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Data (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 518. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects approved under the first and second calls for the rural regeneration and development fund by county in tabular form; the number of projects not approved by county in each year; the main reasons for refusal; and if there is a mechanism in place to appeal refusal decisions. [46526/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (12 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, adjudication (details supplied); and if she will reply in the context of its impact on discussions within her Department in relation to pension provision for community employment supervisors. [46082/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (7 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: Dee Forbes spoke on "Morning Ireland" this morning.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: This morning, the Committee of Public Accounts received a letter from David Gunning, the chief officer of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board - the famous children’s hospital - updating it on project costs. In his letter, Mr. Gunning states that while things are on budget, there are a number of exceptions which have always been outside of the approved budget for which...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: He saw it in The Irish Times.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: I would like to begin by referring to something Jonathan Swift wrote in 1710, and the sentiment of which is even more relevant today in the context of false media and false news: "Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect." I mention this in the context of the need for a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: Nothing the Tánaiste said is new. At a time when this country's entire media industry, including RTÉ, is on life support, his prescription is tea and sympathy. He needs to wake up. He has spoken about new challenges, but we have known about these challenges for five years. The Government intends to kick the can down the road for another five years. Will we have a media industry...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (5 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 10% penalty for not paying local property tax that is charged on income tax returns is applied to PAYE workers; the reason for the difference between the treatment of self-employed persons and PAYE workers that have not paid the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44699/19]